Psalms 18:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמַ֡ר אֶרְחָמְךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה חִזְקִֽי׃

Transliteration

And yomar erchamcha YHWH chizqi.

Grammar Details

• *yomar*: qal imperfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
• *erchamcha*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I will love you
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *chizqi*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my strength

Word Meanings

• *erchamcha*: I will love you/have affection for you/show compassion to you
• *chizqi*: my strength/my fortress/my power

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He said, "I love You, LORD, my strength."

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Jehovah{H3068} is my rock,{H5553} and my fortress,{H4686} and my deliverer;{H6403} My God,{H410} my rock,{H6697} in whom I will take refuge;{H2620} My shield,{H4043} and the horn{H7161} of my salvation,{H3468} my high tower.{H4869}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  The LORD{H3068} is my rock{H5553}, and my fortress{H4686}, and my deliverer{H6403}{(H8764)}; my God{H410}, my strength{H6697}, in whom I will trust{H2620}{(H8799)}; my buckler{H4043}, and the horn{H7161} of my salvation{H3468}, and my high tower{H4869}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I wil prayse ye LORDE & call vpon him, so shal I be safe fro myne enemies.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The Lorde is my rocke, and my fortresse, and he that deliuereth me, my God and my strength: in him will I trust, my shield, the horne also of my saluation, and my refuge.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  God is my stony rocke & my fortresse, and my delyuerer: my Lorde, my castell in whom I wyll trust, my buckler, the horne of my saluation, & my refuge.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Jehovah `is' my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God `is' my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The LORD is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 144:2 : 2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdues my people under me.
• Prov 18:10 : 10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous run into it, and are safe.
• Jer 16:19 : 19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to you from the ends of the earth and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit.
• Ps 28:1 : 1 To you I cry, O LORD my rock; do not be silent to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.
• Ps 59:11 : 11 Do not slay them, lest my people forget; scatter them by your power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
• Ps 62:2 : 2 He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.
• Ps 62:7 : 7 In God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
• Ps 75:10 : 10 All the horns of the wicked I will also cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
• Ps 91:2 : 2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God, in whom I will trust.
• Ps 91:4 : 4 He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall trust: His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
• Ps 132:17 : 17 There I will make the horn of David to bud; I have ordained a lamp for My anointed.
• Heb 2:13 : 13 And again, I will put my trust in Him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God has given me.
• Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be like a shelter from the wind, and a refuge from the storm; like rivers of water in a dry place, like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
• Prov 2:7 : 7 He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly.
• 2 Sam 22:3 : 3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.
• Ps 19:14 : 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my strength and my redeemer.